24th Lismullin Leadership Forum

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Ethical leadership - The need for a moral compass

Enrique AznarGroup Chief Compliance Officer with VimpelCom, the world’s 6th largest mobile network operator with over 60,000 employees and annual revenues of $23bn.

Format: Interactive lecture + moderated case study from Harvard Business School, entitled” A Letter from Prison”, concerning Stephen Richards, the former global head of sales at Computer Associates, Inc. who was sentenced to a seven year prison sentence for financial fraud. In the case, he responds to a number of questions about managerial responsibility and the manipulation of financial performance.

Who should attend: Anyone wishing to develop their leadership skills (preferably in their late 20s to late 30s)

Why attend?

"Ethics requires that you ask yourself: what kind of person do I want to see in the mirror in the morning?” (Peter F Drucker, Classic Drucker) It will provide you with insights that are relevant to how you lead your organisation and how you manage business relationships. You will benefit from the experience and insights of other participants and clarify for yourself what sets of values influence your decisions.

CPDMembers of the Institute of Bankers, the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, and the Law Society, included their attendance at the seminars as part of their Continuing Professional Development. This might also be relevant for other professional bodies.

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Enrique Aznar is Group Chief Compliance Officer with VimpelCom, the world’s 6th largest mobile network operator by subscribers (214 million) with over 60,000 employees and annual revenues of $23bn. It is listed as an ADS on the New York Stock Exchange. He is based in Moscow. Before joining VimpelCom, he was Chief Integrity Officer with Millicom International Cellular, a telecommunications group operating in Latin America and Africa. Earlier, he was Nokia Siemens Networks’ Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, based in Finland. From 2005 to 2009 he was Deputy General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Europe, Middle East and Africa for Tyco International. Earlier, he worked with Dell Inc, Freshfields, PwC and Arthur Andersen. A qualified lawyer in Spain, England, and Wales, he earned an MA in International & Comparative Business Law in London in 1993, and completed a Business Management Programme at IESE Business School in 2002.

Lismullin Leadership ForumMission Statement: To help people develop their leadership skills, with a particular focus in the areas of professional integrity and ethics in business.

What is the Forum?The Forum is a network set up by business executives to help one another in developing a leadership ethos that succeeds.

It fosters initiatives which inspire people to become better leaders and to learn from the experiences of one another.

Professional integrity and ethics play a vital role in creating a leadership ethos. A practical ethical guideline used in the Forum is that formulated by stakeholder-management expert Edward Freeman:“The Rule of Ben, Emma and Molly (his three children): Can I explain to them what I’ve done today, so they might feel proud of their father?”

The main interactions of the Forum take place during day-long seminars which are led by an expert.

The Chatham House Rule applies to the seminars (www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/chathamhouserule)

Ireland today needs a crusade of personal leadership — to revitalise hopes, to move beyond survival mode, to foster a culture of job creation and create a better ethical framework for business. The Forum aims to help in this process.